A young snail seeks to prove he is the fastest snail in his hometown of Watercreek. He enters a race and finds himself lost in the woods. His racing buddies go on a quest to find him "Slinkie," holds on to his belief about courage and learns the true meaning of friendship. Children will enjoy this book. It is humorous, vivid in color, with wonderful characters that embrace each page and a beautiful storyline. This book is about believing in yourself, not giving up desires you may have or a goal and friends, who believe in you and support you. A great story that will bring joy and provide...

Studies Homeric performance from archaic to Roman imperial times. This title argues that oracular utterance, dramatic acting, and rhetorical delivery powerfully elucidate the practice of epic rhapsodes. It shows that rhapsodic practice is best understood as an evolving combination of revelation, interpretation, recitation, and dramatic delivery.

This book originated from a course given at the Univcrsidad Aut6noma of Madrid in the Spring of 1994 and in the Universidad Complutense of Madrid in 1995. The goal of these courses is to give the non-specialist an introduction to some old and new ideas in the field of strongly correlated systems, in particular the problems posed by the high-1 superconducting materials. As theoretical physicists, our starting viewpoint to address the problem of strongly correlat ed ferlnion systems and related issues of modern condensed matter physics .is the renormalization group approach applied both to...

DESCRIPCION DEL LIBRO En la comunidad hispana de los Estados Unidos, existe una necesidad urgente de informacion y orientacion acerca del sistema escolar publico. Nuestro libro "El exito empieza en casa" es una herramienta para padres hispanos que desconocen el sistema educativo en EE. UU. Este libro proporciona informacion practica sobre como navegar y tener exito en el sistema escolar, con sugerencias, recomendaciones y analisis de publicaciones educativas en general. En este libro, nosotros, Angel Lerma y Jose R. Gonzalez, los autores del libro, abordamos muchos temas esenciales. Nuestra...

The book addresses various aspects of neurorehabilitation research and practice, including a selection of common impairments affecting CNS function, such as stroke and spinal cord injury, as well as cutting-edge rehabilitation and diagnostics technologies, including robotics, neuroprosthetics, brain-machine interfaces and neuromodulation.